Seth Godin Quotes

How can you squander even one more day not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation...

One thing that most comic artists avoid is showing decisions. They show action, sure, and they show ...

All great programmers learn the same way. They poke the box. They code something and see what the co...

Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

People have come to the erroneous conclusion that if they’re not willing to start something separate...

It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get som...

The challenge, it turns out, isn’t in perfecting your ability to know when to start and when to stan...

This is an addictive pastime. You take no real risk, touch the world, and it responds. Repeat.

Initiative and starting are about neither of these. They are about “let’s see” and “try.” If there’s...

The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset.

Starting isn’t like that. Starting something is not an event; it’s a series of events. You decide to...

I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance…and if you have anxiety about initiating a proje...

That's your opportunity--to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interacti...

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth.   Not going all the way, and not starti...

How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?

Librarians who are arguing and lobbying for clever e-book lending solutions are completely missing t...

No one knows more about the way you think than you do.

Being an artist isn’t a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It’s an attitude we can all adopt....

Do What You Want; these are the 4 most frightening words brought to us by the Connection Revolution....

It’s all a risk. Always. That’s not true, actually. The only exception: it’s a certainty that there’...

It's war that makes generals

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there....

Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the t...

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

Yes, I think it's okay to abandon the big, established, stuck tribe. It's okay to say to them, "You'...

Marketing used to be about advertising, and advertising is expensive. Today, marketing is about enga...

A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an id...

How was your day? If your answer was "fine," then I don't think you were leading.

One of the talents of the [late] great Steve Jobs is that he [knew] how to design Medusa-like produc...

Rich is my word for someone who can afford to make choices, who has enough resources to do more than...

Do extremely difficult work.That seems obvious, right? If you do something that's valued but scarce ...

In a battle between  two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the ...

Difference between TV and the internet was how far you sat from the screen. TV was an 8 foot activit...

Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.

Permission marketing turns strangers into friends and friends into loyal customers. It's not just ab...

If a product's future is unlikely to be remarkable - if you can't imagine a future in which people a...

When you work under the cloud of anxiety, the best strategy is to play it safe, because if (when!) i...

Artists think along the edges of the box, because that's where things get done. That's where the aud...

Wouldn't it be great to be gifted? In fact... It turns out that choices lead to habits. Habits becom...

And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change p...

The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's n...

The thing is, incremental daily progress (negative or positive) is what actually causes transformati...

Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.

Art is what we call...the thing an artist does.It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whethe...

Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to ...

Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.

You need editors, not brand managers,who will push the envelope to make [a brand media property] go ...

People don't believe what you tell them.They rarely believe what you show them.They often believe wh...

Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possi...

If the New Marketing can be characterized by just one idea, it's this: Ideas that spread through gro...

I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best...

Don't wait for the right answer and the golden path to present themselves.This is precisely why you'...

In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the sa...

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

Every single important thing we do is something we didn't use to be good at, and in fact, might be s...

So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for cat...

I find that I have about six bloggable ideas a day. I also find that writing twice as long a post do...

The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those read...

Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. I...

The lizard brain is hungry, scared, angry, and horny.The lizard brain only wants to eat and be safe....

...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productiv...

The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indis...

A genius looks at something that others are stuck on and gets the world unstuck.So the question is: ...

You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wo...

The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The s...

Art changes posture and posture changes innocent bystanders.

How we respond to the opportunities and challenges of the outside world now determines how much the ...

Art isn't only a painting; it's anything that changes someone for the better, any nonanonymous inter...

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our...

If school is about postponing the day you have to stand up in front of the world and put yourself at...

Great work is not created for everyone. If it were, it would be average work.

At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.

If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the fut...

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art ...

Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting...

The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following...

The ironic thing is that marketers have responded to this problem with the single worst cure possibl...

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

in virtually every industry the most trusted brand is also the most profitable. Frequency led to awa...

We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable...

believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.